Introduce the concept of hidden commands.
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Merged PR #72 as commit 377ec17, introducing hidden commands that remain usable but are excluded from help and cannot also be common.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: canonical/craft-cli#72 was approved and merged as 377ec17, with implementation commit 02b09bd. It added BaseCommand.hidden, omitted such commands from help output, and rejected commands marked both common and hidden.
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| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #72 as commit 377ec17, introducing hidden commands that remain usable but are excluded from help and cannot also be common. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Introduced hidden commands; the approved pull request was merged, with the maintainer choosing to fix lint issues from updated, unpinned development tools. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged the hidden-commands feature, introducing the concept of hidden commands across eight files (+70/-10). | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after approval. Introduces hidden commands with 70 additions and 10 deletions across 8 files. A brief discussion on linting tool pinning occurred but did not block the merge. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #297 Hidden commands are suggested as alternatives for command not found | craft-cli | closed | Hidden-command suggestions were fixed in merged PR #302 (commit 4be3f0c), filtering hidden commands out of command-not-found alternatives. | |
| #449 Command help 'See also' should filter hidden commands | craft-cli | closed | Fixed in merged PR #452 (commit 574d243): command help now excludes hidden commands from the "See also" list. | |
| #452 fix: don't recommend hidden commands | craft-cli | merged | Merged PR #452 via commit 574d243 fixes CRAFT-5213 by excluding hidden commands from “See also” recommendations in command help, resolving issue #449. | |
| #79 Support a special HIDDEN value in arguments' help to not show them in the help texts. | craft-cli | merged | Merged #79 via commit 341e04d, adding HIDDEN so selected arguments are excluded from generated CLI help text. |